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-Hanamicloth is a composition of Hanami data visualizations and Tablecloth datasets
+## Goals
+
+- Have a functional grammar for common plotting tasks (but not all tasks).
+- In particular, provide an easy way to work with layers.
+- By default, infer relevant information from the data (e.g., field types).
+- Catch common errors using the data (e.g., missing fields).
+- Be able to use backend Clojure for relevant statistical tasks (e.g., smoothing by regression, histograms, density estimation).
+- Be able to Rely on Vega-Lite for other some components of the pipeline (e.g., scales and coordinates).
+- Provide simpler Hanami templates, compared to the original ones.
+- Still have the option of using the original Hanami templates.
+- Still be able to use all of [Vega-Lite](https://vega.github.io/vega-lite/) in its raw format for the highest flexibility.
+
 
 ## Discussion
 - development - topic threads under [#hanamicloth-dev](https://clojurians.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/443101-hanamicloth-dev) at the [Clojurians Zulip chat](https://scicloj.github.io/docs/community/chat/) or [Github Issues](https://github.com/scicloj/hanamicloth/issues)